food assistance

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Our agency takes another step forward in customer service this month.

Food and cash assistance recipients in Hamilton County can now sign their recertification papers with an audio signature, speeding the process of completing the application.

The Ohio Worker Benefits Portal will be down on Tuesday, Feb. 20, for maintenance. Consumers will be unable to access Medicaid information or cases on that day. As part of these maintenance efforts to prepare the system to integrate information …

Have you moved, or changed your phone number? Have you gotten a raise, or lost your job? Has someone moved in our out of your household?

An innovative, award-winning partnership from HCJFS is continuing to help people who are “getting by” with food assistance get ahead in a new career.

HCJFS has partnered with the state and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service in this first-of-its-kind partnership meant to elevate food assistance recipients. The partnership has received national recognition for its innovative approach.

Produce Perks provides a dollar-for-dollar match – up to $10 — to customers who use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food cards to buy healthy fruits and vegetables.

Clifton Market, located at 319 Ludlow Ave. is a community-owned grocery store that stocks regionally-grown fruits and vegetables.

The nationwide EBT card problem from yesterday has been resolved and consumers can once again buy food with their card. Conduent, the Ohio Direction Card vendor, had notified the state of Ohio that there was card outage most of yesterday.   …

Intake interviews on public assistance cases will take place over the phone, rather than in person, starting July 17. This transition is happening for the convenience of the consumer, who will no longer have to travel downtown, pay for parking, …

Food assistance recipients interested in a new career now have a chance at free training to be a truck driver under a Hamilton County Job and Family Services program. But only a limited number of slots are available! HCJFS will pay …

Do you need help with understanding credit, saving or budgeting? Questions about home ownership or your credit report? All that and more will be available when the Fifth Third Financial Empowerment Mobile makes a stop at JFS on Friday, July …